Lakhs counselled on AIDS, says Azad

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Lakhs counselled on AIDS, says Azad

New Delhi, Aug 25 – A total of 143 lakh people have been counselled on HIV/AIDS,

Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said Wednesday.

The minister was speaking at a meeting of the Parliamentary Consultative

Committee to discuss the third phase of the National AIDS Control Programme

(2007-12).

Azad said a significant chunk of the high risk groups such as truckers and

migrants had been reached through targeted interventions, bringing down the

prevalence of HIV in the southern states.

`A total of 143.8 lakh clients, including 61.2 lakh expecting mothers, were

counselled across the country in 2009-10,' he said.

`In order to increase awareness, NACO launched the Red Ribbon Express on World

AIDS Day. This is the largest mass mobilization campaign on HIV/AIDS in the

world covering 152 stations in 22 states,' the minister said.

`The HIV epidemic has seen some stabilization as adult HIV prevalence is now

estimated at 0.31 percent as compared to 0.36 percent in 2006,' he said.

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